Wildcats triumph over Fulton

Thursday

Apr 10, 2014 at 7:01 PM

The Oak Ridge High School Wildcats triumphed over Fulton, 7-5 (3-2), on Saturday, 8-4. The Wildcats, 6-10 (4-6), only got three hits, compared to Fulton High School Falcons’ 8, but the ‘Cats took advantage while the Falcons stranded nine on base.

Luke Hebert went 3-4 for the ‘Cats, driving in one and scoring one run. He doubled in the second inning and singled in the second and sixth innings.

by Heather Hickshhicks@oakridger.com

The Oak Ridge High School Wildcats triumphed over Fulton, 7-5 (3-2), on Saturday, 8-4. The Wildcats, 6-10 (4-6), only got three hits, compared to Fulton High School Falcons’ 8, but the ‘Cats took advantage while the Falcons stranded nine on base.

Luke Hebert went 3-4 for the ‘Cats, driving in one and scoring one run. He doubled in the second inning and singled in the second and sixth innings.

Chris Romanoski allowed one run over three and two-thirds innings, striking out four, walking two and giving up four hits.

The top of the first saw Fulton take an early lead of 1-0 over the ‘Cats.

With a second inning rally that saw six runs cross the plate on an error, a sacrifice fly by Kyler Jones, and an RBI single by Hebert, the Wildcats took a 6-1 lead over the Falcons.

The ‘Cats built up their lead to 8-1 over the Falcons with two runs in the fourth. Stephen May scored on a wild pitch by Fulton to start the scoring for the inning.

Two runs in the top of the fifth helped Fulton close its deficit to 8-3.

Fulton scored one run in the top of the seventh to cut its deficit to four. The Wildcats closed the game out with an 8-4 win when Hunter Sampson got two to fly out.

The Wildcats were scheduled to play Anderson County, 11-8 (6-3), on Monday afternoon, and will face off against Powell, 12-2 (8-1), at 5 p.m. today.

Both of these games will give Oak Ridge a chance for redemption after the March 17 and 18 consecutive losses to Anderson County with a final score of 7-0, and Powell with a final score of 10-0.